Senior Vanderbilt University administrator Brett Sweet will assume the position of senior vice president for finance and administration this fall, replacing longtime administrator Thomas Nedell.  Sweet...

Executive Vice Provost Tom Sheahan will take over as interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, President Joseph E. Aoun announced June 1. Aoun’s announcement comes five days...

Beth Winkelstein, Northeastern’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, has left her role after less than a year, the university confirmed in an email to The Huntington News May 28.  Winkelstein,...

Updated May 9, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.  There is no indication that the cyberattack by ShinyHunters compromised any Northeastern-affiliated Canvas account information thus far, university security officials...

Alexa Rand is no stranger to advocating for herself. Born with a heart condition that limits her physical mobility and weakens her immune system, the fifth-year music major has spent her entire life voicing...

Updated Wednesday, April 1 at 9:00 p.m. Police arrested a suspect in the stabbing near East Village Wednesday morning in the area of Huntington Avenue, officials announced Wednesday evening.  The...

Northeastern is now strictly enforcing the operating hours of its cultural and spiritual life, or CSL, centers on the Boston campus, including the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, prompting...

Six on-campus cultural organizations gathered Feb. 12 to discuss belonging, immigration concerns and gaps in support from the university, highlighting the shared frustrations and challenges that minority...

President Joseph E. Aoun spoke for around 22 minutes during his annual address to the faculty senate Sept. 17, discussing artificial intelligence, enrollment declines and other challenges currently facing...

Northeastern spent $270,000 on federal lobbying in the second quarter of 2025, marking 12 quarters of unchanged spending.  In its quarterly disclosures, the university reported spending on legislation...

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun joined 50 university presidents and industry leaders May 22 in signing a joint statement calling on the federal government to restore research funding, which has seen...

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun joined more than 320 — and counting — U.S. higher education leaders in signing a joint statement denouncing the Trump administration for “endangering American...

Over 50 pro-Palestinian protesters walked out of class at 1 p.m. March 31, meeting first for a rally at Centennial Common, then picketing on Huntington Avenue, holding signs and chanting slogans before...

The newly formed Student Mobilization Committee, or SMC, released a list of demands for the Northeastern administration through an Instagram post March 24.  The SMC is a “collective of students at...

The Provost Search Committee tasked with appointing Northeastern’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan’s successor held a sparsely attended open forum Feb. 25 for undergraduate...

Northeastern’s faculty senate — the university governing body that represents the faculty — voted Feb. 12 to change the chair of the senate from the provost to the chair of the Senate Agenda Committee....

President Joseph E. Aoun announced the committee responsible for appointing David Madigan’s replacement as Northeastern’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs in a Feb. 5 email to...

When Sherri Miller studied on Northeastern’s Boston campus in the 1970s, there were around 15,000 undergraduate students and around 5,000 graduate students, according to documents preserved in Northeastern...

Northeastern Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning Ken Henderson presented an annual university update to Northeastern’s faculty senate Dec. 11, 2024, covering a wide range of topics from...

Every Northeastern student who has walked through Krentzman Quad has passed Ell Hall. Yet, few know the story of the man it honors: Carl Stephen Ell, Northeastern's second president, who transformed Northeastern...

When Sophie Szeder visited her friends in the Pacific Palisades Jan. 4, the friendly community was full of life and lush greenery. By Jan. 8, most of the neighborhood had burned to the ground, leaving...

In February, AerospaceNU members braced the frigid New England winter and bundled up to launch two rockets in Saint Albans City, Vermont. That day, the Teapot, a 78-inch dual deployment rocket, and the...